[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44434-44435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22109]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97-177; RM-9131]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Kenova, WV

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Billy 
R. Evans proposing the allotment of Channel 250A at Kenova, West 
Virginia, as the community's first local aural transmission service. 
Channel 250A can be allotted to Kenova in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site 
restriction of 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles) south to avoid a short-
spacing to the licensed site of Station WZQQ(FM), Channel 250C3, Hyden, 
Kentucky. The coordinates for Channel 250A at Kenova are North Latitude 
38-22-38 and West Longitude 82-34-33.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 6, 1997, and reply 
comments on or before October 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In 
addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner, his counsel, or consultant, as follows: Billy R. 
Evans, 111 Picardy Ct., Elizabethtown, Kentucky 42701 (Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 97-177, adopted August 6, 
1997, and released August 15, 1997. The full text of this Commission 
decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business 
hours in the FCC Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M Street, NW., 
Washington, DC. The

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complete text of this decision may also be purchased from the 
Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Service, 
Inc., (202) 857-3800, 1231 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.
    Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply 
to this proceeding.
    Members of the public should note that from the time a Notice of 
Proposed Rule Making is issued until the matter is no longer subject to 
Commission consideration or court review, all ex parte contacts are 
prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this one, which involve 
channel allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules governing 
permissible ex parte contacts.
    For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments, 
see 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Radio broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 97-22109 Filed 8-20-97; 8:45 am]
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